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Kenya: Portable Ginnery Helps Cotton Farmers Keep More Value on the Farm
A locally developed portable ginnery in Kenya is enabling cotton farmers to process their harvests locally, reducing losses and increasing earnings by selling lint and seed separately. Developers argue that decentralized processing could revive Kenya's cotton industry and retain economic value and jobs in rural areas.
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